Received my Panasonic 110 yesterday. Cleared off an old 160GB 2.5" external hard drive and formatted it to FAT32 with Disk Utility on my Mac. I put on a 3.5GB MKV file of TRON and it played fine through the Panasonic. Looked good too. No stutter. I am excited about that because I was contemplating getting the 210 so I could use an external hard drive. Now I know the 110 can do it.

I'm guessing the files will have to be 4GBs or under which kinda sucks since most of my MKVs are over 4GBs. I have 67 MKV movies and only 7 are under 4GBs. Does anybody know a way to resize the files to 4GB without losing picture quality?

Until I can build/buy a decent HTPC for streaming I'm dealing with MKV streaming on this thing. But what's REALLY pissing me off is half my MKV's aren't showing up at all and the other half that are showing up are showing up intermittantly, yesterday I had 7 MKV files, today I have 3 and after going to the home menu and going right back in I've got 4???? WTF?! I've demuxed and remuxed the ones that won't show up. They all appear to be the same kind of video files/format inside the MKV container. I give up. Still worth every penny for blu-ray and netflix capability though!

Oh and has anybody tried custom firmware from firmwareinfo.com? Looks like a godsend custom firmware if it doesn't brick your device. If it's too good to be true, it is right?

Received my Panasonic 110 yesterday. Cleared off an old 160GB 2.5" external hard drive and formatted it to FAT32 with Disk Utility on my Mac. I put on a 3.5GB MKV file of TRON and it played fine through the Panasonic. Looked good too. No stutter. I am excited about that because I was contemplating getting the 210 so I could use an external hard drive. Now I know the 110 can do it.

I'm guessing the files will have to be 4GBs or under which kinda sucks since most of my MKVs are over 4GBs. I have 67 MKV movies and only 7 are under 4GBs. Does anybody know a way to resize the files to 4GB without losing picture quality?

I've only played one MKV that was about 7GB and it stuttered. I have about 4TB all MKV 1080p movies so none of them are even close to 4GB, I'll continue using my WDTV Live to play those I guess.

It's asking for your WPA/WEP passcode, not the airport id. Have you attempted to connect any other devices to the airport? If so then you have probably been asked for a security code. That code/string is what you need to enter into the panasonic.

Thanks for the reply!. I finally got it to work. Thanks again!

BTW, I tried to log-into my Netflix...but couldn't figure out how to TYPE my login-email address and password. I assume via the remote and the number(letter) keys, but I can't figure out the process for which to type letters and is there a backspace for any mistakes? There must be some "shift" button I am missing, but can't figure it out.

From Customer Review on Amazon site:
"#2 The firmware the unit currently ships with will not let you get into the Internet streaming apps or anything for that matter until you update the firmware. Updating the firmware from the 1.09 firmware it ships with will not work as of this date via wireless or wired internet connections. The secondary option is to burn the frmware to a disc. This you think would be straight foward, but it isn't. Using Windows 7 or Vista, you MUST create an ISO 9660 ONLY... I went through 3 coasters before this player could properly read the Firmware update disc I created to bring it up to 1.47. Using any other ISO format will fail."

If true, this is a ridiculous update procedure. Can others confirm what the update procedure is?

Just wanted to chime in, I was able to do the Firmware update over Wireless this morning from 1.09 to 1.47. Perhaps when that review was written that wasn't an option. But it worked for me today.

BTW, I tried to log-into my Netflix...but couldn't figure out how to TYPE my login-email address and password. I assume via the remote and the number(letter) keys, but I can't figure out the process for which to type letters and is there a backspace for any mistakes? There must be some "shift" button I am missing, but can't figure it out.

Hit the OK button and it will pop up a keyboard to navigate through.

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I have two of the 210's and both are whisper quiet whether playing a Blu-ray or a DVD.

If you have an "irritating screeching noise" that isn't right.

My 110 definitely produces quite a bit of sound playing the two DVDs l've tried. Maybe I have a bad unit or maybe the 210 has a better blu ray drive (seems unlikely) Might try to exchange through amazon.

Where is it and what are some of the "goodies" as I have no need for multi-region playback?

Looks like it will be released on April 4th. And the main goodie I'm looking forward to is DIVX support on my BDT-110. It almost looks like an "unlock" of sorts to use the device to it's full potential.

If it's legit it looks like that's all this guy does is Panny blu-ray firmwares.

Looks like it will be released on April 4th. And the main goodie I'm looking forward to is DIVX support on my BDT-110. It almost looks like an "unlock" of sorts to use the device to it's full potential.

If it's legit it looks like that's all this guy does is Panny blu-ray firmwares.

My 110 definitely produces quite a bit of sound playing the two DVDs l've tried. Maybe I have a bad unit or maybe the 210 has a better blu ray drive (seems unlikely) Might try to exchange through amazon.

I can't imagine the drive is any different in any of this series.

I would definitely swap it out as that isn't normal.

Amazon is great with returns and since this is a defect they will issue you a pre-paid shipping label.

Now is definitely the time to have it replaced while you can swap with Amazon and not have to deal with Panasonic service.

So I was playing around last night and took Windows out of the "sharing" equation. I'm lucky enough to have an ASUS WAP that allows for a USB NAS setup. Threw all my MKV's on the NAS drive, setup the share, lo-and-behold all the MKV's are visible and playable now. Probably a stupid permission issue not getting handed down to the files for some reason. Is anybody else even having this problem or am I just an isolated incedent?

Oh and I thought I was crazy for noticing the "black blips" when watching Netflix, at least I'm not alone there. No rhyme or reason to it, it's such a short pause that it's barely noticable but when I'm not actually watching the screen I catch it out of the corner of my eye, trips me out.

Oh and a heads up on this. They offer a trial firmware that's gimped on features but apparently if you make a "donation" (between 20-50 Euros from what I've read) you'll get the full edition of the firmware. I'm not going to hop on this bandwagon until I see on their forums that it works. I'm not going to spend $50-70 if it doesn't work as they state in their FAQ.

Anyone with the 210 running wireless, can you tell me if it the "N" band runs on 2.4ghz or 5ghz?

Per the manual...

When using Wireless LAN connection, video from the DLNA Certified media server is not played back or video frames are dropped during playback.

Higher transfer rate router such as 802.11n (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) Wireless router may solve the problem. If you use 802.11n (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) Wireless router, it is necessary to set the encryption type to AES. Simultaneous use with a microwave, cordless telephone etc. at 2.4 GHz may result in connection interruptions or other problems.

What happens down the road when Panny issues the usual firmware updates to fix problems and this 3rd party firmware is on there? Would it get wiped out?

You probably couldn't update with a third party firmware installed, you'd have to remove it and reinstall the original firmware (if possible). Then the third party firmware may not work if you wanted to reinstall it depending on what the update did.

Anyone with the 210 running wireless, can you tell me if it the "N" band runs on 2.4ghz or 5ghz?

The player sees both the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz bands. I have mine connected via 5 ghz and have had absolutely no problems streaming content. I'm very happy with the wireless connection quality in this player.

When using Wireless LAN connection, video from the DLNA Certified media server is not played back or video frames are dropped during playback.

Higher transfer rate router such as 802.11n (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) Wireless router may solve the problem. If you use 802.11n (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) Wireless router, it is necessary to set the encryption type to “AES”. Simultaneous use with a microwave, cordless telephone etc. at 2.4 GHz may result in connection interruptions or other problems.

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The player sees both the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz bands. I have mine connected via 5 ghz and have had absolutely no problems streaming content. I'm very happy with the wireless connection quality in this player.

Thanks guys! I'm running a "G" router at the moment but I have a dual band "G" and "N" on hand that I will now set up.

No problems streaming Netflix with "G" but figure the "N" will help with media from my PC.